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Nursing Manager - Behavioral Health

Universal Health Services, Inc.
Aiken, SC Full Time
POSTED ON 4/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/8/2026
Responsibilities

Nursing Manager - Behavioral Health

Aiken Regional Medical Centers, located in Aiken, South Carolina, is a 273-bed acute care facility providing top quality and safe healthcare to the residents of Aiken and surrounding communities since 1917. Aiken Regional Medical Centers has been ranked a top hospital in South Carolina by the American Heart Association for its treatment of heart attack, heart failure and Stroke, and most recently, coronary artery disease.

Additionally, Aiken Regional provides comprehensive healthcare services such as behavioral health (Aurora Pavilion Behavioral Health), emergency medical care (main hospital and ER at Sweetwater), orthopedic surgeries, maternity, rehabilitation services(Hitchcock Rehabilitation Services), imaging, and wound care.

Visit us online at: https://www.aikenregional.com

The Nursing Manager at Aurora Pavilion is responsible for ensuring coordinated delivery of patient care in accordance with the established standards of care, mental health practice and hospital policy, goals and objectives. This position assists in contributing to the hospital's philosophy, objectives, educational and Performance & Improvement efforts, while providing supervision of House Supervisors, RN's and MHTs. This position will monitor staffing needs on assigned shifts. This position is responsible for assisting the DON/CNO and CEO in evaluating, reviewing, designing and implementing hospital training events with respect to all RN//MHT staff required training. Also provides, on as-needed basis, patient nursing assessments. Participates in Treatment Team meetings as needed

Duties:

  • Fulfills responsibility to the organization by adhering to its philosophy, policies and procedures and by supporting its goals.
  • Chair committees as assigned.
  • Acts as leader, role model, and mentor to staff.
  • Demonstrates knowledge and application of regulatory agency standards.
  • Completes a minimum of 12 hours of continuing education annually.
  • Identifies capital needs and justification.
  • Monitors and controls productive and non-productive time.
  • Controls overtime and supply costs.
  • Shares help with other units.
  • Schedules staff according to budgeted guidelines and provides core-staffing daily.
  • Completes annual performance reviews.
  • Observes nursing activities on all shifts.
  • Interviews and selects for open positions.
  • Provides counseling in a timely manner and initiates progressive discipline.
  • Holds regularly scheduled staff meetings.
  • Meets regularly with staff to mentor and promote staff development and satisfaction
  • Insures mentorship and professional development to the clinical nurse supervisor group by providing regular group meetings and monthly 1:1 meetings.
  • Works with other departments to coordinate patient care.
  • Performs interactive daily unit rounds focusing on customer satisfaction (patients, physicians, associates, and visitors).
  • Investigates patient complaints and follows through on incident reports and corrective measures.
  • Monitors charting for accuracy and completeness. Utilizes chart audits to track progress.
  • Identifies performance improvement opportunities and utilizes PDSA to develop corrective action plan and evaluates progress through resolution.
  • Facilitates unit cleanliness and order.
  • Serves as back up support to the charge nurse, particularly when the charge nurse on days is required to take patient assignment.
  • Insures unit meets regulatory requirements and environmental standards for safety.
  • Facilitates unit achievement of established core measure benchmarks and compliance to performance improvement initiatives.
  • Develops methods to elicit, convey and receive information from staff.
  • Demonstrates skill and maturity in problem solving, negotiation and conflict resolution.
  • Demonstrates ability to make and communicate decisions and rationale to relevant parties.
  • Maintains open communications among other Clinical Nurse Managers, House Supervisors and Directors to better serve the units' needs.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Benefit Highlights

  • Sign On Bonuses for select positions
  • Unlimited Employee Referral Bonus Program
  • Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
  • Tuition/Certification Reimbursement after 6 months
  • Culture of Excellence - Employee Recognition program
  • Challenging and rewarding work environment
  • Clinical Nursing Ladder opportunities
  • SoFi Student Loan Refinancing program
  • 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
  • Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300 Subsidiaries!
  • More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: uhsguest.com

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance, growing since its inception into a Fortune 500 corporation. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 99,000 employees. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates 28 acute care hospitals, 331 behavioral health facilities, 60 outpatient and other facilities in 39 U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

If you have any questions regarding this opportunity, please reach to Victoria Luciano, victoria.luciano@uhsinc.com or 803-641-5631 .


Qualifications

Requirements:

Education: Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing required or equivalent combination of education and experience in nursing management; Bachelor's Degree preferred.

Experience: A minimum of (5) years of progressive nursing leadership experience in a psychiatric of behavioral healthcare setting. Experience in staff education and education concepts, practices and procedures and 24 hour shift staffing experience.

Licensure: Currently SC nursing license. Current BLS & ACLS. CPI training required at 90 days of employment.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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We are aware of a scam whereby imposters are posing as Recruiters from UHS, and our subsidiary hospitals and facilities. Beware of anyone requesting financial or personal information.

At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e.g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.

If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.

 

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